Amy Dresner returns to the Lighter Side to talk about dealing with recovery during the COVID-19 outbreak. She wrote the phenomenal <a href='https://www.amazon.com/My-Fair-Junkie-Getting-Staying/dp/B0758GDD5P/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=my+fair+junkie&amp;qid=1588180553&amp;sr=8-2'>&quot;My Fair Junkie&quot; </a>which you should read. (I recommend the audio book.) She&apos;s just as badass as ever, and I always love speaking to her. Enjoy the episode and please spread the word about the show.  Leave us a review! Please! It really helps!<a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

The Essential Lighter Side: Nurse in a COVID-19 Ward

It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast.  Jay, your host  (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction)  lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery.  Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.